Kishar

Parents| Lahmu and Lahamu
Consort| brother Anshar
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Mesopotamian religion

Primordial beings

* Tiamat and Abzu
* Lahamu and Lahmu
* Kishar and Anshar
* Mummu

Seven gods who decree

* Four primary
* Anu
* Enlil
* Enki
* Ninhursag
* Three sky gods
* Inanna/Ishtar
* Nanna/Sin
* Utu/Shamash

Other major deities

* Adad
* Dumuzid
* Enkimdu
* Ereshkigal
* Kingu
* Geshtinanna
* Lahar
* Marduk
* Nergal
* Ninurta

Minor deities

* Agasaya
* Anunnaki
* Asaruludu
* Ashnan
* Bel
* Enbilulu
* Isimud
* Lahar
* Mami/Nintu
* Mamitu
* Nabu
* Namtar
* Nanshe
* Nisaba
* Ningal
* Ninkasi
* Ninlil
* Ninshubur
* Ninsun
* Nuska
* Sarpanit
* Uttu

Demigods and heroes

* Adapa
* Enkidu
* Enmerkar
* Gilgamesh
* Lugalbanda
* Shamhat
* Siduri
* Atra-Hasis
* Apkallu (seven sages)

Spirits and monsters

* Udug
* Lamassu/Shedu
* Asag
* Edimmu
* Siris
* Anzû
* Humbaba
* Hanbi
* Kur
* Lamashtu
* Pazuzu
* Rabisu

Tales

* Atra-Hasis
* Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta
* Enūma Eliš
* Epic of Gilgamesh

Related topics

* Mesopotamian myths
* Sumerian religion
* Babylonian religion
* Religions of the ancient Near East

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In the Babylonian epic Enuma Elish, Kishar (Akkadian: 𒆠𒊹, romanized: Kišar) is the daughter of Abzu and Lahmu, the first children of Tiamat and Abzu. She is the female principle, sister and wife of Anshar, the male principle, and the mother of Anu.[1] Kishar may represent the earth as a counterpart to Anshar, the sky,[2] and can be seen as an earth mother goddess. Her name also means "Whole Earth".

Kishar appears only once in Enuma Elish, in the opening lines of the epic, and then disappears from the remainder of the story. She appears only occasionally in other first millennium BCE texts, where she can be equated with the goddess Antu.[1]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brisch, Nicole (2012). "Anšar and Kišar (god and goddess)". Oracc and the UK Higher Education Academy. http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/amgg/listofdeities/anarandkiar/.
2. ↑ Black, Jeremy and Anthony Green, 1992. Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionary. London: British Museum Press. p. 34.

## External links

* Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses: Anšar and Kišar (god and goddess)

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